--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -17,12 +17,8 @@
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS(unistd.h)
 
 dnl installation & score path
-if test "x${prefix}" = "xNONE"; then
-  inst_path="${ac_default_prefix}/games/grande"
-else
-  inst_path="${prefix}/games/grande"
-fi
-score_path="/var/games"
+inst_path="${datadir}/grande"
+score_path="${localstatedir}"
 
 dnl check if installation was disabled
 AC_ARG_ENABLE( install,